Engineering:Object 292

Object 292
Object 292 in Kubinka Tank Museum
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	OAO Spetsmash and VNII Transmash
Designed	1990-1991
Produced	September 1990
No. built	1
Specifications
Width	3.525 m
Height	2.193 m
Crew	3
Armour	rolled and cast steel and combined, protivosnaryadny
Main armament	152.4 mm LP-83 smoothbore tank gun
Engine	1250 hp
Suspension	individual torsion bar
Ground clearance	450 mm

Object 292 (Объект 292) was an experimental tank of design bureau of the Kirov Plant (JSC Spetsmash) and scientists of the All-Russian Research Institute Transmash. the prototype was based on the T-80U with a new turret. the chassis was a T-80 with little modification but the turret was up-gunned with a 152.4 smoothbore gun. the new gun was having the same diameter of chamber from the 125mm but much longer. the anti-tank capacity was so improved in a way that the tank could potentially engage and destroy with a single hit any tank of the western block at battle distance.

The tank was based on the T-80's chassis, using a new turret, and was armed with a LP-83 152.4 mm smoothbore gun. A variant of the tank utilizing a rifled 152mm armament was never completed.Like most of the Russian tanks of its time , the gun offered poor depression and slow reload despite the autoloader . The mobility of the barrel and turret was also lower than the regular T-80, thanks to the heavier gun. despite of been less versatile in battle, the firepower was much superior. In September 1990 the tank was completed and in 1991 underwent trials. The trials showed high stability and reliability of the gun and the tank itself. However, the absence of funding discontinued further work on the tank's improvement. A major benefit of this new design was that the new turret was interchangeable with the standard T-80 main battle tank turret. The Ammo rack consisted of only 16 152 mm rounds.

See also

• Object 785
• CATTB
• Leopard 2-140
• Pz 87-140
• Object 195
• Type 99KM